Philippine Open (golf)

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The Philippine Open is one of the world's longest running men's golf tournaments. First held in 1913, it is also Asia's oldest golf tournament and Asia's oldest national golf open. The most distinguished golfer who has won the tournament is five times British Open champion Peter Thomson of Australia.

The event has been held in a variety of different golf courses around the Philippines and has been an official money event on the Asian Tour since 1994. In March 2006 the National Golf Association of the Philippines granted all marketing rights for the tournament from 2006 to 2010 to the Asian Tour, which announced an aspiration to increase the prize fund from the 2006 level of US$200,000 to $1 million. [1] In 2007 the prize fund was $300,000.

With the exceptionally high quality of golf courses in the Philippines, the strong following amongst the business community and the improvement in the local economy there is considerable hope that 2008/9 will be break through years for Philippines golf and the national open.

[edit] Winners

Year	Champion	Country	Venue	Winning Score
2008	Angelo Que	Philippines	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club	-5
2007	Frankie Minoza	Philippines	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club	-10
2006	Scott Strange	Australia	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club	-8
2005	Adam Le Vesconte	Australia	Mount Malayarat Golf and Country Club	-12
2004	Edward Michaels	United States	Riviera Golf and Country Club	-2
2003	No tournament
2002	Rick Gibson	Canada
2001	Felix Casas	Philippines
2000	Gerald Rosales	Philippines
1999	Anthony Kang	South Korea
1998	Frankie Minoza	Philippines	Riviera Golf and Country Club
1997	Kevin Wentworth	United States
1996	Rob Whitlock	Australia
1995	Carlos Espinosa	Mexico
1994	Carlos Franco	Paraguay
1993	Yeh Chang Ting	Taiwan
1992	Wang Ter-chang	Taiwan
1991	Dennis Paulson	United States
1990	Robert Pactolerin	Philippines
1989	Emlyn Aubrey	United States
1988	Hsieh Chin Seng	Taiwan
1987	Brian Tennyson	United States
1986	Mario Manubay	Philippines
1985	Mark Aebli	United States
1984	Rudy Labares	Philippines
1983	Lu His Chuen	Taiwan
1982	Hsieh Min-Nan	Taiwan
1981	Tom Sieckmann	United States
1980	Lu His Chuen	Taiwan	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1979	Ben Arda	Philippines	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1978	Lu Liang-Huan	Taiwan	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1977	Hsieh Yung Yu	Taiwan	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1976	Qiuntin Mancao	Philippines	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1975	Kuo Chie Hsiung	Taiwan	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1974	Lu Liang-Huan	Taiwan	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1973	King Seung Hak	South Korea	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1972	Hideo Sugimoto	Japan	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1971	Chen Chieng Chung	Taiwan	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1970	Hsieh Yung Yu	Taiwan	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1969	Haruo Yasuda	Japan	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1968	Hsu Chi San	Taiwan	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1967	Hsu Sheng San	Taiwan	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1966	Luis Silverio (Am)	Philippines	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1965	Lu Liang-Huan	Taiwan	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1964	Peter Thomson	Australia	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1963	Ben Arda	Philippines	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1962	Celestino Tugot	Philippines	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1961	Ben Arda	Philippines	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1960	Frank Philips	Australia	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1959	Bruce Crampton	Australia
1958	Celestino Tugot	Philippines
1957	Celestino Tugot	Philippines
1956	Celestino Tugot	Philippines
1955	Celestino Tugot	Philippines
1954	Larry Montes	Philippines
1953	Larry Montes	Philippines
1952	Lloyd Mangrum	United States
1951	Larry Montes	Philippines
1950	Ed Oliver	United States
1949	Celestino Tugot	Philippines
1948	Larry Montes	Philippines
1945-47	No tournament
1944	Larry Montes	Philippines
1943	Larry Montes	Philippines
1942	Larry Montes	Philippines
1941	Larry Montes	Philippines
1940	Harold "Jug" McSpaden	United States
1939	Norman Von Nida	Australia
1938	Norman Von Nida	Australia
1937	Larry Montes	Philippines
1936	Larry Montes	Philippines
1935	Guillermo A. Navaja	Philippines
1934	Casiano Decena	Philippines	Manila Golf Club
1933	Sidney Baxter	United States	Manila Golf Club
1932	Larry Montes	Philippines	Manila Golf Club
1930-31	No tournament
1929	Larry Montes	Philippines	Manila Golf Club
1928	J.S. Moore (Am)	United States	Manila Golf Club
1927	J.R.H. Mason (Am)	United States	Manila Golf Club
1926	E.L. Benedict (Am)	United States	Manila Golf Club
1925	W.J. Jameson (Am)	United States	Manila Golf Club
1924	G.M. Ivory (Am)	United States	Manila Golf Club
1923	E.A. Noyes (Am)	United States	Manila Golf Club
1922	Walter Z. Smith (Am)	United States	Manila Golf Club
1921	J.R.H. Mason (Am)	United States	Manila Golf Club
1920	Ian Collier Trotter MacGregor (Am)	Scotland	Manila Golf Club
1919	Ian Collier Trotter MacGregor (Am)	Scotland	Manila Golf Club
1918	J.R.H. Mason (Am)	United States	Manila Golf Club
1917	W. Young (Am)	United States	Manila Golf Club
1916	Johnny Grieve (Am)	United States	Manila Golf Club
1915	W.J. Adams (Am)	United States	Manila Golf Club
1914	J.R.H. Mason (Am)	United States	Manila Golf Club
1913	J.R.H. Mason (Am)	United States	Manila Golf Club

[edit] Multiple winners

The players who have won the Philippine Open more than once are the following:

12 wins
- Larry Montes (1929, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1941-1944, 1948, 1951, 1953, 1954)
6 wins
- Celestino Tugot (1949, 1955-1958, 1962)
5 wins
- J.R.H. Mason (Am) (1913, 1914, 1918, 1921, 1927)
3 wins
- Lu Liang-Huan (1965, 1974, 1978)
- Ben Arda (1961, 1963, 1979)
2 wins
- Ian Collier Trotter MacGregor (Am) (1919, 1920)
- Norman Von Nida (1938, 1939)
- Hsieh Yung Yu (1970, 1977)
- Lu His Chuen (1980, 1983)
- Frankie Minoza (1998, 2007)

[edit] External links

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Asian Tour Events

Tournaments in playing order

Emaar-MGF Indian Masters( E) · Indonesia Open (E) · SAIL Open Golf Championship at Jaypee Greens · Johnnie Walker Classic (A,E) · Maybank Malaysian Open (E) · Ballantine's Championship (E) · Asian Tour International · Philippine Open · Volvo China Open (E) · BMW Asian Open (E) · GS Caltex Maekyung Open · Pine Valley Beijing Open (J) · Bangkok Airways Open · Indonesian President Invitational · Brunei Open · Mercuries Taiwan Masters · Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open (J) · Korea Open · Hero Honda Indian Open · Midea China Classic · Macau Open · Barclays Singapore Open · HSBC Champions (A,E,S) · Hong Kong Open (E) · Vietnam Masters · Cambodian Open · Volvo Masters of Asia

(A) - co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia. (E) - co-sanctioned by the European Tour. (J) - co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour. (S) - co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour.